AIDS TO MOUNTAINEERING.
CIGARETTE’S VALUE STRESSED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Nov. 21. Captain Finch, a member of the Everest expedition, addressing the Royal Geographical Society, gave evidence as to the effects of cigarette smoking at high altitudes. After deeply inhaling smoke he and his companions were able to breathe automatically, instead of having to think about every breath. Apparently the smoke acted as an irritant and took the place of the carbon dioxide in which the blood -was deficient. The effect of a cigarette lasted at least three hours. When the cigarettes were exhausted they had recourse to oxygen.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 November 1922, Page 2
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99AIDS TO MOUNTAINEERING. Taranaki Daily News, 24 November 1922, Page 2
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